Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death. Ayn Rand
Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh. Marcus Aurelius
Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you. Ernest Hemingway
Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. Plato
Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. Carl Sagan
Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death? Plato
I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again. Anne Frank
It is vain for the coward to flee death follows close behind it is only by defying it that the brave escape. Voltaire
Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is. Mitt Romney
Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. Marcus Aurelius